De Benque v. United States

STEPHENS, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia entered December 20, 1935, sentencing the appellant (hereinafter referred to as the defendant) to fifteen months in the penitentiary. The question in the case is as to the validity of this sentence.

The facts are as follows: On November 27, 1933, the defendant, having been convicted of the crime of grand larceny, was sentenced to be imprisoned for a period of two to four years on each of three counts of an indictment, the sentences to run concurrently and to take effect from the date…